{"id":246666,"date":"2026-04-06T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=246666"},"modified":"2026-04-06T20:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:52:00","slug":"ghana-defeat-tanzania-2-1-to-strengthen-caf-african-schools-championship-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/06\/ghana-defeat-tanzania-2-1-to-strengthen-caf-african-schools-championship-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana defeat Tanzania 2\u20131 to strengthen CAF African Schools Championship campaign\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Black Damsels<\/strong><\/span> continued their impressive run at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CAF African Schools Championship<\/strong><\/span> with a hard-fought 2\u20131 victory over <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tanzania<\/strong><\/span> in the second group match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After opening the tournament with a commanding win, Ghana was pushed harder by a determined Tanzanian side but ended up securing all three points thanks to a brace from<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> Christiana Ashiaku<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana struck early in the 6th minute when Ashiaku capitalised on attacking pressure to give the team a dream start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tanzania regrouped and fought back into the contest, testing Ghana\u2019s defence and eventually pulling a goal back to level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Ghana restored their lead shortly after the restart when Christiana Ashiaku struck again in the 36th minute, calmly finishing to complete her brace and put the Damsels back in front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite late pressure from Tanzania, Ghana held firm defensively to secure a 2\u20131 victory, maintaining a perfect start in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The win places Ghana in a strong position in the group standings as the team prepare for the final group match against Burkina Faso tomorrow, April 7 in Harare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1007568334-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1007568334-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1007568334-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1007568334-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1007568334.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Damsels continued their impressive run at the CAF African Schools Championship with a hard-fought 2\u20131 victory over Tanzania in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[106,124,125,126],"class_list":["post-246666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-black-damsels","tag-caf-african-schools-championship","tag-christiana-ashiaku","tag-tanzania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}